University of Illinois Lab - Revision history

Trevor Nigus at 23:09, 29 March 2026

2026-03-29T23:09:07Z

Trevor Nigus: /* All-State Honorees */

2025-03-22T17:53:53Z

All-State Honorees

Jonathan Lau at 19:08, 13 June 2024

2024-06-13T19:08:33Z

Show changes

Trevor Nigus at 00:24, 17 March 2024

2024-03-17T00:24:49Z

Jonathan Lau: Added 2023 results

2024-02-09T18:24:36Z

Added 2023 results

Trevor Nigus at 18:47, 12 May 2023

2023-05-12T18:47:08Z

Jonathan Lau at 00:18, 27 October 2022

2022-10-27T00:18:42Z

Jonathan Lau at 20:36, 29 May 2022

2022-05-29T20:36:07Z

Jonathan Lau at 14:33, 14 April 2022

2022-04-14T14:33:10Z

Jonathan Lau at 19:39, 22 March 2022

2022-03-22T19:39:42Z

@@ Line 95: / Line 95: @@
 |previous = Cancelled due to COVID-19
 |next = [[Barrington]]
 | }}

@@ Line 53: / Line 53: @@
 *2022 Class A Second Team: Janaki Kapadia
 *2023 Class A First Team: Arjun Kala, Shreyas Singh
 ==Players for Team Illinois==

@@ Line 71: / Line 71: @@
 *[http://www.naqt.com/stats/school-results.jsp?org_id=66172 NAQT Results]
 *[http://www.uni.illinois.edu School website]
 {{Succession_box|Tournament = Illinois Masonic State Tournament Class 2A

@@ Line 3: / Line 3: @@
 |citystate = Urbana, IL
 |currentcoach = Kaila Simpson
 |state = [[IHSA]]: 2015 (A), 2019 (AA), 2022 (A) <br> [[NAQT Illinois State Championship|NAQT]]: 2018, 2020 <br> [[Masonic tournament|Masonic]]: 2018 (2A), 2019 (2A), 2020 (2A), 2022 (3A)
-|nats appearances = MSNCT: [[2018 MSNCT|2018]] <br>HSNCT: [[2014 HSNCT|2014]], [[2015 HSNCT|2015]], [[2018 HSNCT|2018]], [[2019 HSNCT|2019]], [[2021 HSNCT|2021]], 2022<br>SSNCT: [[2018 SSNCT|2018]] <br>NSC: [[2016 NSC|2016]], [[2017 NSC|2017]], [[2019 NSC|2019]], [[2021 NSC|2021]], 2022
+|nats appearances = MSNCT: [[2018 MSNCT|2018]] <br>HSNCT: [[2014 HSNCT|2014]], [[2015 HSNCT|2015]], [[2018 HSNCT|2018]], [[2019 HSNCT|2019]], [[2021 HSNCT|2021]], 2022, 2023<br>SSNCT: [[2018 SSNCT|2018]] <br>NSC: [[2016 NSC|2016]], [[2017 NSC|2017]], [[2019 NSC|2019]], [[2021 NSC|2021]], 2022, 2023
 |status = Active
 |size = 250 students in grades 9–12
@@ Line 49: / Line 48: @@
 *2022 HSNCT: 39th/272
 *2022 NSC: 20th/72
 ==All-State Honors==
@@ Line 57: / Line 58: @@
 *2022 Class A First Team: Arjun Kala, Lawrence Zhao
 *2022 Class A Second Team: Janaki Kapadia
 ==Players for Team Illinois==
@@ Line 64: / Line 66: @@
 *2020 Illinois A (cancelled): Ethan Ashbrook, Dylan Bowman, Jonathan Lau
 *2021 Illinois B (11th): Lawrence Zhao
 ==External Links==

@@ Line 68: / Line 68: @@
 *[http://www.naqt.com/stats/school-results.jsp?org_id=66172 NAQT Results]
 *[http://www.uni.illinois.edu School website]
 {{NAQT Illinois State Champions}}

@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
 '''University of Illinois Laboratory High School''', commonly known as '''"Uni"''' or '''"Uni Lab"''', is a public 8-12 high school on the [[University of Illinois]] campus in Urbana. Because it includes eighth grade students, its quizbowl program has contained both a high school team and a middle school team since 2017. Uni was the runner up at both the 2019 and 2021 [[HSNCT]]s and placed third at the 2019 [[PACE NSC]]. The team was coached by Chris Butler from 2012 to his retirement in 2021 and is now coached by Kaila Simpson.
-==The Early Years (2012–2017)==
+==2012–2017==
 The Uni High Scholastic Bowl team was founded in 2012 as the school trivia club and initially did not compete in tournaments. The team made its official quizbowl debut the following year, where they scored -5 points against IMSA in their very first game. Despite placing 30th out of 40 teams at the 2013 [[NAQT Illinois State Championship|NAQT State Championship]], they qualified for the 2014 and 2015 HSNCTs via other means and placed 201st and 145th respectively. In 2015, Uni won the Class A [[IHSA State Championship]] after a narrow victory against Peoria Christian.
 In 2015, the IHSA moved Uni to the large school division for scholastic bowl (Class AA) despite Uni having only 250 students in its high school enrollment, due to [[IHSA]]'s "success factor" policies for selective-admissions schools without set attendance zones. Under captain Andrew Stelzer, they placed second at the 2017 class AA IHSA tournament after defeating Rockford Auburn and Oak Park-River Forest in the preliminaries, then losing to [[IMSA]] in the final. At the NAQT State Championships, Uni placed 11th in 2016 and 9th in 2017.
-==Growth (2018-2019)==
+==2018-2019==
 Uni largely went unnoticed until the team's strength began to grow in 2018, when they became recognized as a state title contender in Illinois and a top-50 team nationwide.
@@ Line 27: / Line 27: @@
 At the [[2019 HSNCT]], Uni went 8–2 in the preliminary rounds, then went on an undefeated streak in the playoffs before falling to Beavercreek in both the winners bracket final and the championship match. At the [[2019 NSC]], the team placed third overall after losing to eventual champion [[TJHSST|Thomas Jefferson]] and runner-up [[Katy Taylor]], then defeating [[Montgomery Blair]] in the third-place game.
-==Continued National Success (2020-present)==
+==2020-present==
 Despite the loss of top history player Tim Cho, many people in the quizbowl community named Uni as the favorites to win the 2020 national season due to the impressive depth and [[generalism]] of Ethan Ashbrook and Dylan Bowman. During the 2019-20 season, Uni played without a full team at most tournaments, but still managed to secure several victories against top teams at tournaments such as Earlybird and [[WUFAT]]. At the 2019 [[New Trier Varsity|Reinstein Varsity]], Uni placed fourth after losses to [[Chattahoochee]], [[Miami Valley]], and Stevenson.
@@ Line 34: / Line 34: @@
 In the 2020-21 preseason poll, Uni was ranked 26th overall, but omitted from many ballots. However, the A team ranked in the top 10-20 teams nationwide throughout the 2020-21 season due to significant improvement by players who had moved up from the previous year's B team. At the [[2021 HSNCT]], the team went undefeated in playoffs before falling to [[Barrington]] in two games of an advantaged final. At the 2021 PACE NSC, the team placed 16th after taking losses to [[Greenhill]], Hunter, and [[Belmont]].
-At the 2022 NAQT Illinois State Championship, the A team tied for 5th place along with IMSA, and behind Rockford Auburn, Stevenson, Barrington, and first-time champions Buffalo Grove. Due to declining to play at the 2021 IHSA state series, Uni was moved down to Class A for the 2022 season, where they eventually won a second Class A title after defeating [[Westmont]] in the championship match. On the contrary, Uni was moved ''up'' to Class AAA for the Masonic Academic Bowl to achieve even field sizes among three divisions. Despite facing tougher competition, they won the Masonic Class 3A championship as well, continuing their streak of Masonic state titles.
+At the 2022 NAQT Illinois State Championship, the A team tied for 5th place along with IMSA, and behind Rockford Auburn, Stevenson, Barrington, and first-time champions Buffalo Grove. Due to declining to play at the 2021 IHSA state series, Uni was moved down to Class A for the 2022 season, where they eventually won a second Class A title after defeating [[Westmont]] in the championship match. On the contrary, Uni was moved ''up'' to Class AAA for the Masonic Academic Bowl to achieve even field sizes among three divisions. Despite facing tougher competition, they won the Masonic Class 3A championship as well, continuing their streak of Masonic state titles. The team went on to place T39th at the 2022 HSNCT and 20th at the 2022 PACE NSC.
 ==National Results==
@@ Line 41: / Line 41: @@
 *2016 NSC: 62nd/96
 *2017 NSC: 51st/96
-*2018 [[SSNCT]] 5th/64 (Open Division)
+*2018 SSNCT 5th/64 (Open Division)
 *2018 HSNCT: 51st/352
 *2019 HSNCT: 2nd/336
@@ Line 47: / Line 47: @@
 *2021 HSNCT: 2nd/224
 *2021 NSC: 16th/80
 ==All-State Honors==
-*2017 Class ASecond Team: Andrew Stelzer
+*2017 Class A Second Team: Andrew Stelzer
 *2018 Class AA First Team: Tim Cho
 *2019 Class AA First Team: Ethan Ashbrook, Dylan Bowman, Tim Cho

@@ Line 10: / Line 10: @@
 }}
 {{confuse|[[University (Normal)|Normal University High School]] or [[University of Chicago Lab|University of Chicago Laboratory School]]}}
-'''University of Illinois Laboratory High School''', commonly known as '''"Uni"''' or '''"Uni Lab"''', is a public 8-12 high school on the [[University of Illinois]] campus in Urbana. Because it includes eighth grade students, its quizbowl program has contained both a high school team and a middle school team since 2017. Uni was the runner up at both the 2019 and 2021 [[HSNCT]]s and placed third at the 2019 [[PACE NSC]]. The team was coached by Chris Butler from 2012 to his retirement in 2021 and is now coached by Kaila Simpson. The team is also closely affiliated with the quizbowl team at the [[University of Illinois]] (which is led by Uni alumnus Dylan Bowman) due to geographic proximity on the UIUC campus.
+'''University of Illinois Laboratory High School''', commonly known as '''"Uni"''' or '''"Uni Lab"''', is a public 8-12 high school on the [[University of Illinois]] campus in Urbana. Because it includes eighth grade students, its quizbowl program has contained both a high school team and a middle school team since 2017. Uni was the runner up at both the 2019 and 2021 [[HSNCT]]s and placed third at the 2019 [[PACE NSC]]. The team was coached by Chris Butler from 2012 to his retirement in 2021 and is now coached by Kaila Simpson.
 ==The Early Years (2012–2017)==

@@ Line 49: / Line 49: @@
 ==All-State Honors==
-*2017 Second Team: Andrew Stelzer
+*2017 Class ASecond Team: Andrew Stelzer
-*2018 First Team: Tim Cho
+*2018 Class AA First Team: Tim Cho
-*2019 First Team: Ethan Ashbrook, Dylan Bowman, Tim Cho
+*2019 Class AA First Team: Ethan Ashbrook, Dylan Bowman, Tim Cho
-*2020 First Team: Ethan Ashbrook, Dylan Bowman, Jonathan Lau
+*2020 Class AA First Team: Ethan Ashbrook, Dylan Bowman, Jonathan Lau
 ==Players for Team Illinois==